Pakistan says Washington has denied it funds that had been promised to fight terror by cutting aid to the country by $55 million.
Pakistan's Finance Advisor Shaukat Tarin said Monday that the US had "changed the format" for money released under the Coalition Support Fund (CSF).
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Observations and Pakistan and Islamabad
Pakistan, officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country located in South Asia and borders Central Asia and the Middle East. The capital is Islamabad.
The country is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. Tajikistan also lies adjacent to Pakistan but is separated by the narrow Wakhan Corridor. In recent times, Pakistan has been called part of the Greater Middle East.
It has a 1,046 kilometre (650 mile) coastline along the Arabian Sea and Gulf of Oman in the south.
The region forming modern Pakistan was home to the ancient Indus Valley Civilisation and then, successively, recipient of ancient Vedic, Persian, Indo-Greek and Islamic cultures.
The area has witnessed invasions or settlement by the Aryans, Persians, Greeks, Arabs, Turks, Afghans, Mongols and the British.
It was a part of British Raj from 1858 to 1947, when the Pakistan Movement for a state for Muslims, led by Muhammad Ali Jinnah and the Muslim League resulted in the independence and creation of the state of Pakistan.
Pakistan comprises the provinces of Sindh, North-West Frontier Province, Punjab, Balochistan and Kashmir.
With the adoption of its constitution in 1956, Pakistan became an Islamic republic. In 1971, a civil war in East Pakistan resulted in the independence of Bangladesh.
Pakistan’s history has been characterized by periods of economic growth, military rule and political instability.
Pakistan is the sixth most populous country in the world and has the second largest Muslim population in the world after Indonesia.
The country is a founding member of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference, South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation, Developing 8 Countries, G20 developing nations and the Economic Cooperation Organisation.
It is also a member of the United Nations, Commonwealth of Nations, World Trade Organisation, Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, G33 developing countries, Group of 77 developing nations, major non-NATO ally of the United States.
Next to this Pakistan is a nuclear state.
The country is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. Tajikistan also lies adjacent to Pakistan but is separated by the narrow Wakhan Corridor. In recent times, Pakistan has been called part of the Greater Middle East.
It has a 1,046 kilometre (650 mile) coastline along the Arabian Sea and Gulf of Oman in the south.
The region forming modern Pakistan was home to the ancient Indus Valley Civilisation and then, successively, recipient of ancient Vedic, Persian, Indo-Greek and Islamic cultures.
The area has witnessed invasions or settlement by the Aryans, Persians, Greeks, Arabs, Turks, Afghans, Mongols and the British.
It was a part of British Raj from 1858 to 1947, when the Pakistan Movement for a state for Muslims, led by Muhammad Ali Jinnah and the Muslim League resulted in the independence and creation of the state of Pakistan.
Pakistan comprises the provinces of Sindh, North-West Frontier Province, Punjab, Balochistan and Kashmir.
With the adoption of its constitution in 1956, Pakistan became an Islamic republic. In 1971, a civil war in East Pakistan resulted in the independence of Bangladesh.
Pakistan’s history has been characterized by periods of economic growth, military rule and political instability.
Pakistan is the sixth most populous country in the world and has the second largest Muslim population in the world after Indonesia.
The country is a founding member of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference, South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation, Developing 8 Countries, G20 developing nations and the Economic Cooperation Organisation.
It is also a member of the United Nations, Commonwealth of Nations, World Trade Organisation, Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, G33 developing countries, Group of 77 developing nations, major non-NATO ally of the United States.
Next to this Pakistan is a nuclear state.
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